Tes Quiz: 10 May 2019

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10th May 2019, 12:03am
Tes Quiz 10 May 2019

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Tes Quiz: 10 May 2019

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1) Born on 10 May 1899, by what name is dancer, singer and actor Frederick Austerlitz better known?

2) Including its urban areas, which city has the largest population in the world?

3) Known as “The Hitman”, who was the first boxer in history to win world titles in five weight divisions?

4) This Is Me, Rewrite The Stars and From Now On
are all songs from which musical film?

5) What is the main ingredient of the Welsh
dish laverbread?

6) The actress Keira Knightly is a brand ambassador
for which perfume brand?

7) With regards to the measure of acidity or alkalinity of water soluble substances, what does pH stand for?

8) “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, Gang aft agley” are lines from which poem by Robert Burns?

9) How many seats are there in the upper house of the US Congress, known as the Senate?

10) Juha Sipilä is the Prime Minister of which Nordic country?

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QUIZ ANSWERS

1. Fred Astaire

2. Tokyo

3. Thomas Hearns

4. The Greatest Showman

5. Seaweed

6. Chanel 

7. Potential for Hydrogen

8. To A Mouse

9. 100

10. Finland
 

Questions set by John Cunnane

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